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In his most recent interview McGregor looked pretty bad. He was seemingly high on drugs and looked like he hasn’t been training but instead going on benders. I’m starting to think that he’ll never fight again. After seeing his condition, I’m pretty sure he’ll never win another UFC fight whether he fights or not.

I would've appreciate if it he was fighting safe against a Cejudo or Sterling or Merab. The fight only became a little interesting in the late rounds only because O'Malley is obviously not used to 5 rounders and he cannot stop Vera because of his limited and play safe offense. If O'Malley won't fight Merab then I am happy to see him against Ilia.


Saint-Denis is still young and can climb back in the rankings. But the stoppage can make or break him depending on how it affects him mentally. I just thought Poirier is already in the sunset of his career and the younger French is taking over. Saint-Denis was winning as expected but he really needs to address his bad habits if he wants to reach the top.

Don't get me started on him. I called it before and said that big-money dream fight could turn out to be his curse.
We don't know what happens behind the closed doors and whether he knows something we don't (e.g. they already have a set date of the fight etc), but so far, the decision to ignore all active fighters and just wait for Conor is not working too good for Chandler. He slowly becomes forgotten, many say he should be removed from the ranking, he now dropped by 1 place and got overtaken by Gamrot.

As for McGregor, I don't think I'll watch that show but I hear he's getting very good reviews for his acting. If that's true, there's a chance he would want to focus on that and give up fighting completely. We all know he's more likely to lose to whoever he would be fighting and possibly would retire straight after. So, from his perspective, it might not be worth it, as there's a risk many fans will turn away from him if he performs poorly. It makes much more sense just to keep his hype up with other activities, such as acting.

Ngannou is said to have the strongest punch in the world, or perhaps one of the athletes with the strongest punch in the world. I think that was his selling point when he decided to pursue a career as a boxer. Ngannou is great in MMA and I admit even Jon Jones would have a very hard time beating Ngannou. Or maybe we'll see Jones' first loss to Ngannou. Ignore Jones' record of 1 loss because that is a disqualification, not a defeat. I was even surprised when Ngannou showed a great level of wrestling against Gane. Everyone thought Ngannou would beat people with his fists but at that time I saw Ngannou who had evolved into a high level MMA fighter. However, payment problems made him prefer a career in boxing. At first I thought it was good because Ngannou was able to perform well against Tyson Fury. But in the end Anthony Joshua showed the true level of boxing. I think Ngannou needs some fights and training to adapt to a boxing style, not an MMA style.

Say this to Chandler

Btw Road House with McGregor is about to get into streaming service Prime video (dont know how it is going to be shown in cinemas worldwide). One week is left and it has been already premiered on SXSW. It would be funny if the movie succeeds and McGregor focuses on filming rather than fighting.

A very unfortunate fight for Almeida. He did his job well in the 1st, but got careless with that clumsy takedown attempt in the 2nd. You don't often see people getting KO'ed from that position, but yet, those short hammer fists of Blaydes turned out to be powerful enough to finish the fight.
That's a shame because Almeida had a good momentum in his career and was on the rise. If he had won, it's highly probable that he would get a shot at the interim belt (which shouldn't be a thing, but hey).
Now Blaydes will probably get to fight Aspinall simply because there are no better options unless Gane steps up to the challenge. None of those fights will be a good option for Tom, but that's better than wasting your prime years waiting for Jon Jones.

I love watching heavyweight fighters in any MMA or boxing event, but except for the main fight Tuivasa vs Tybura, I really dont like this fight card.
There are no big names or fight for any title, and I feel they quickly added fighters and put them in UFC Apex just to fill the empty space.
Maybe this event is easier to predict so dont forget to make your prediction in Sportsbet Multi Master Challenge: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-239-multi-master-challenge-16-march-5488471

I think we just expect too much from him after he nearly beat Fury. It disappointed many people when Ngannou showed his way to go into boxing.

There are disappointing fights from last week's event. I guess I was also expecting Chito to do exactly how he did it the first time. Also, Jailton Almeida risked himself by trying to takedown Blaydes in a crazy manner. I think Blaydes may be able to fight Jones if he beats Aspinall in their rematch. 

I was actually kidding.    The next event ain't really that bad but it isn't really want I wanna watch after 299.  But it is what it is...  There are some pretty good match ups in there tho like Battle vs Loosa, Rodriguez vs Dulgarian, Davis vs Levy and I'd like to see Culibao back in there.  I think the underdogs win in these match ups except the Culibao one.

Seems like there's money on Dulgarian as he isn't really tested.  He could gas out vs a guy like Christian Rodriguez.

Vids...

UFC Free Fight:  Tuivasa vs Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHEFoDa6L4

UFC Free Fight:  Tybura vs Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf0FrrGpZdA

Edit:  The Multi Master is up in case some of you didn't see it.

UFC Fight Night 239:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-239-multi-master-challenge-16-march-5488471

Not that Ngannou needed that defeat to learn something, but athletes needed and example that you just cant go from other sports and compete on the same level with pros. If someone is able to run, does not mean he can compete with sprinters. He used to be a predator, not is isnt a boxer nor mma fighter. Now it is left that someone from PFL should finish him and his career would end.

I wouldn't call it boring, it was a decent fight. I don't like O'Malley as a human being and I don't like what he represents, but I have to give him credit when it's due - he's a solid and consistent fighter. But yeah, he's probably not looking forward to a fight against Dvalishvili, he called out Ilia instead, which is a very good move. Losing to Topuria would bring him no shame at all, he would earn tonnes of money and by calling him out makes him look brave and confident in the eyes of the fans.
Sadly, Dana wasn't happy with the idea in the post-fight press conference.


Saint-Denis got some reality-check, fighting no-names is not the same as fighting guys from the top 5, but I don't think that loss would hurt his career in any way. He still managed to present himself well and caused Poirier a lot of troubles in the first round.

It was really expected as for sure Tyson Fury was really surprised and I think we can still say that Fury is one of the greatest after this fight because many are speculating that Tyson Fury just underestimated Francis Ngannou, while it was very significant in this fight that Anthony Joshua has the experience needed to defeat Ngannou, but Francis Ngannou's strength was there the only thing that Anthony Joshua has was his experience and technique, as we all know that Francis Ngannou is not really for Boxing as we can see from his stance you don't want to fight Anthony Joshua like that his hands was not in the defensive position as MMA fighters always tend to bring their hands down as if they are going into the takedowns or get ready to defend a takedown,

As for Dana White even if he was happy with the results of the 2 fights Francis Ngannou is happier as he likely got what he wanted and at the same time gets the amount of money that he likely knows he deserves, and he can still fight in PFL and be great again, I really think that Francis Ngannou really needed this defeat as he would surely learn from them moving forward, While I totally missed the UFC 299 because I was busy with something but I have watched the replays for most fights including this Antony Joshua VS Francis Ngannou fight.

At first I wanted to write "this one looks like a filler between UFC 299 and UFC 300", but opened ufc.com and just saw that before UFC 300 we are going to have 2 events with chick fights as main events This Tuivasa vs Tybura aint that bad after all Not many big names, but still would be fun to watch if one of them knockouts his opponent, but not fight oxygen for 15 minutes.

^  I think the last thing he wants to do is go back to the UFC after making enormous amount of money after just a couple of boxing matches.  But yeah, he'll never be considered as one of the greats in MMA.  He chose money over status which is ok if that's what he really wants.

But if he wants to build himself back up he could still do it by starching all comers in the PFL and Bellator.  It won't be the same as winning against Jones or Aspinall tho.

Edit:  The most exiciting event that everyone wants after 299...

Date:  Saturday, March 16
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+):  6:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+):  4:00pm EST
Venue:  Apex Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Live Streams:  



Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Tai Tuivasa vs Marcin Tybura            
Bryan Battle vs Ange Loosa            
Ovince Saint Preux vs Kennedy Nzechukwu            
Christian Rodriguez vs Isaac Dulgarian            
Pannie Kianzad vs Macy Chiasson            
Gerald Meerschaert vs Bryan Barberena   

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Natan Levy vs Mike Davis            
Josiane Nunes vs Chelsea Chandler            
Jafel Filho vs Ode Osbourne            
Joshua Culibao vs Danny Silva            
Cory McKenna vs Jaqueline Amorin            
Charalampos Grigoriou vs Chad Anheliger

After Saturdays boxing fight, somewhere laughs Gendalf the White Dana White I think that fight and Ngannou case in general now require some attention from us, best UFC and MMA experts So Ngannou has left UFC due issues with payment, went to boxing (earned there however), lost 2 fights and what is future now? Cool fight against Tyson Fury, awful against Anthony Joshua. His "value" now has dropped down significantly. Even if he wants to get back to UFC, Dana would have real doubts about that, specially if they talk about money.

Page was really scary for every opponent in bellator and even the rupture of Evangelista Santos' skull became a warning for his opponents at that time to avoid kicking his knee when fighting, in addition to having a strong knee kick of course Page is known as a kikcboxing fighter who is indeed very agile and difficult to beat at bellator, that's why when Page entered the UFC for the first time after gaining a lot of experience in bellator makes me quite sure if Page will be able to become a fighter who is also able to provide fear for his opponents in the Ufc later.

As evidenced when today debut match Page managed to defeat the very experienced UFC Holland fighter in the octagon by winning by points in the third round, Page debut victory in the UFC certainly signals that he is now ready to face whoever his opponent will be and victory at UFC 299 will be the beginning for Page to continue his career in the UFC and does not rule out the possibility that he will be one of the fighters who is ready to challenge every fight for a fight Degree.

It was really a boring fight I know that Marlon Vera has a tendency for boring fights in the 1st rounds he is a slow starter, while O'Malley was fighting safely in this fight just like what Adesanya was doing striking in the nick of time when he has gotten a chance but I think Marlon Vera also did a great job in withstanding those knee punches of O'Malley but still, the striking output of O'Malley was really shown on the damage on Vera's face.

Jack Della Maddalena and Dustin Poirier have gotten their fights won and it was shown that these two can still keep it intact as they have shown what they are capable of, Jack Della Maddalena has timing his knee that went into a ground and pound, while Dustin Poirier has shown his fast boxing pace against Benoit Saint-Denis and it was a master class indeed.

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I lost all of my picks it was frustrating I know it was a risk to make a bet for Marlon Vera

Sean O'Malley VS Marlon Vera - I really thought that Marlon Vera would win again, but Sean O'Malley has become very cautious in this fight and has to fight safely and that was the key component why he always caught Marlon Vera because of his long reach it was really a boring fight it was like watching Adesanya fight but a Izzy that is white and has pink hair.

Kevin Holland VS Michael Page - In this fight, Michael Page was roughly on the advantage Holland was having a difficult time taking Page on the ground he was really frustrated about it while every time he clinches on Page, Page will likely stop the takedown and will get on with a couple of strikes, the fact that Page's defense was always down Holland didn't take this advantage but nope he just let Venom Page go on his way.

Curtis Blaydes VS Jailton Almeida - In this fight, I am very disappointed with how Jailton Almeida carried on with this he just knew 2 strikes and that was it if the takedown was not successful he doesn't have any option and he is predictable when getting into a takedown position that was the time when Curtis Blaydes will strike him and that was it Curtis Blaydes huge body and takedown defense have prevailed in this fight.

He was not that ready to get in that fight against Poirer and it was an easy win for him since Saint-Denis was not in his usual self anymore after suffering some damage from his jabs and power punches which led to lowering his defense and getting countered easily which lead to that wonderful knockout and it might be one of the best knockout wins from Poirer's career. You can clearly see that Poirer was ready and trained well, after all, he can't be making the same mistakes anymore since he already lost in his last fight against Justin Gaethje, so he was very careful on this one.

True, the UFC 300 will not be that spectacular event. I see nice names like Pereira, Holloway, Oliveira, Garbrandt, Holms... But i don't see a spectacular fight at all. Maybe they should bring some fighters like: Nate Diaz, Cormier, Werdum... some of those crazy fighters.

I mean, a fight like Cormier vs Werdum for the main event on the ufc 300 would be just crazy fight and something that we all would love to see.

Sean O'Malley & Dustin Poirier were great fights to watch. Not a bad night for the UFC. I think this will end up being a better UFC than the 300 event they wanted to be so big.